Air cushion pad for gunstocks



- March 23, 1948. w. H. BROWER AIR CUS HION PAD FOR GUN STOCKS Filed Feb. 22, 1945 Patented Mar. 23, 1948 2,438,142 AIR CUSHION PAD FOR GUNSTOCKS William H. Brewer, Clark, S. Dak.,

one-half to Watson Q. Brower,

assignor of. Clark S. Dak. r

Application February 22, 1945, Serial No. 579,297

' 1 Claim. (01. 42-74) 1 All guns shot from the shoulder of a person have upon being shot a recoil, or "kick," and the purpose of this invention, named herein as an air cushion pad for gun, is to resist, absorb and 7 reduce to a minimum such recoil, or kick.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a pad of the character indicated which can be expeditiously applied to or removed from the With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this application, wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a fragment ofa gunstock, with a pad embodying the invention applied;

Figure 2 is an end view thereof; I

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view of the pad and a fragment of the gunstock; and I .Figure 4 is a sectional view of the gunstock and pad on the line l-4 of Fig. 1.

In these drawings I denotes a gunstock to which the recoil pad is attached, it being shown that the said recoil pad comprises a boot 2 which fits the outer surface of the stock at the shoulder end thereof. The boot is tubular and has its outer end crimped as at 2a to form a bead which is joined to a resilient pad 3 by being lodged in an indentation 4 formed externally of the collapsible pad around a Peripheral wall 5 joining front and respectively. The wall 1 has and 9 at the upper and lower ends thereof to engage the shoulder of the oper-' ator when the gun is in positoin-for firing. The resilient cushion is butt end of a gun, and it will be noted that wall 6 has an apertured boss it through which anair tube H projects, by which air is forced through formed of air-proof flexible material shaped substantially to the shape of the 2 such as a valve Ill from a nipple I: on the end of the tube II. It will be obvious that when air is forced under pressure into the pad, it will yield or expand and the rigidity of the cushion will be determined by the air pressure.

The boot is preferably made suitable means parts will be strong and as comparatively inexpensive to manufacture and maintain.

I claim:

A pad for the butt of a gun-stock comprising an air cushion having a front wall for contacting the gun-stock and a rear wall, a curved periph- WILLIAM H. BROWER. REFERENCES orrnn The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 544,269 Winters Aug. 6, 1895' 699,608 Winters May 6, 1902 799,037 Duncan l Sept. 12, 1905 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country 1 Date 8,892 Great Britain 1894 113,902 Great Britain Mar. 14, 1918 187,718 Germany June 29, 1907 252,899 Germany Oct. 29, 1812 

